Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS AND EQUIPMENT) ACT 1985 No. 134 of 1985 - SECT 18

18. (1) Where a person who has lodged a claim under section 16 (whether or not
the claim has been dealt with under sub-section 16 (3)) becomes aware that the
claim is, by reason of an inadvertent error, a claim for an amount of bounty
in respect of bountiable equipment that exceeds the amount of bounty that the
person was entitled to claim in respect of that equipment by more than $100,
the person shall, within 28 days after discovering the error, lodge an
acknowledgement of the error, being an acknowledgement that complies with
sub-section (2). Penalty for contravention of this sub-section: $1,000.

(2) An acknowledgement under sub-section (1) in respect of bountiable
equipment shall -

   (a)  be in accordance with the appropriate approved form;

   (b)  include such information as is, and such estimates as are, required by
        the form;

   (c)  be signed and witnessed as required by the form; and

   (d)  be lodged with a Collector for a State or Territory or with the
        Comptroller-General.

(3) Where an acknowledgement relates to a claim under section 16 that has not
been dealt with under sub-section 16 (3), the claim shall be dealt with under
that sub-section as if it had been amended in accordance with the
acknowledgement.

(4) Where the Comptroller-General, after examining an acknowledgement under
sub-section (1) to which sub-section (3) does not apply and causing such
inquiries as the Comptroller-General considers necessary to be made (including
inquiries under sections 27 and 28), is satisfied that there has been an
overpayment of a claim by more than $100, the Comptroller-General shall cause
to be served on the person who lodged the claim a demand for the repayment of
the amount of the overpayment, and that person is liable to repay that amount
to the Commonwealth.